The EU-Ukraine preferential trade regime, abolishing tariffs on Ukrainian goods and foods, first took effect in June 2022. Despite the move backfiring on Kiev’s fervid supporters, and forcing them to contend with angry protests by their own...
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The European Parliament and the European Council on Wednesday reached an agreement to extend the temporary suspension of duties on exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the European Union until June 5, 2025.
African nations are increasingly standing up to Western powers, rejecting their continued domination.
Embattled Haitian Prime Minister Ariel Henry tendered his resignation amid the ongoing unrest in the country following an emergency meeting of the Caribbean Community. CARICOM announced that Henry would resign “upon the establishment of a...
Over two days in central Brussels last month, about 60 European Union (EU) and government officials, food security experts, industry representatives and journalists met with each-other to confront the possibility of a food crisis.
Critics of the prime minister say he has no legitimate right to his position and have accused the US and its allies of trying to sustain a corrupt elite. The new surge of unrest is reported to have caused a dramatic increase in the country’s...
On paper, the job market appears strong and wages are reportedly climbing, but Americans are still feeling a pull on their wallets as they struggle to afford basic needs such as energy, shelter, and food. US President Joe Biden even admitted last...
The US President’s “Bidenomics” narrative was undermined by new economic data released yesterday.
Tens of thousands of Argentines took to the streets Wednesday and many downed tools in a major challenge to President Javier Milei's budget-slashing policies just weeks after he took office.
America is on the brink of an economic and societal crisis, warns former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels. "When you're a passenger in the car heading over the canyon wall, what you don't want is somebody putting it on cruise control or stepping on...
Argentine judges on Wednesday suspended labor law changes that form part of a mega-decree of sweeping economic reforms and deregulation announced by the country's libertarian new president, Javier Milei.
Argentina elected libertarian outsider Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday, rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty.
More than 2,000 people have died after multiple powerful earthquakes struck western Afghanistan. International aid groups are scrambling to send help in a nation already stricken by a dire economic crisis. CNN's Michael Holmes reports.
Javier Milei, the "anarcho-capitalist" presidential candidate who took the lead in the August primaries with his "Liberty Advances" political coalition, owes much of his electoral success to his promise to dollarise the Argentine economy....
Anti-government protests in southern Syria have stretched into a second week, with demonstrators waving the colorful flag of the minority Druze community, burning banners of President Bashar Assad's government and at one point raiding several...
Soaring inflation has helped fuel the victory of a far-right candidate in Argentina's presidential primary. Laila Harrak speaks to Brian Winter, the editor-in-chief of Americas Quarterly.
After eight years of war in Yemen, the poorest country in the Arabian peninsula is experiencing an economic crisis made worse by two competing currencies backed by the conflict’s opposing sides. FRANCE 24’s Edouard Dropsy, Nabeel Alawzari and...
Lebanon's embattled central bank governor stepped down Monday under a cloud of investigation and blame for his country's economic crisis as several European countries probe him for alleged financial crimes.
Matt Egan dives into the latest developments in the U.S. banking crisis, a day after JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said banking system is "near the end" of its problems.
CNN's Kim Brunhuber interviews Ryan Patel about the banking crisis and upcoming Fed meeting.
At the start of the year, economists and corporate leaders expressed optimism that global economic growth might not slow down as much as they had feared. Positive developments included China's reopening, signs of resilience in Europe and falling...
